German Pop and Gender Issues

Featured Image: Max Giesinger_(c)Klaus Sahm My kids grew up and developed their music taste from Backe Backe Kuchen to...

Icelandic Sweater Knitting Pattern or my first Lopapeysa Pattern

As every knitter sooner or later will, I got addicted to the icelandic knitting! Icelandic Lopapeysa is just sooo...

Put Your Ajvar in the Jar with Samovino and Wild & Root

Autumn in Serbia smells like Ajvar. Autumn in Berlin smells like cold rain and the chill is coming up...

Top Down Raglan Knitting Pattern

I discovered the whole craze of knitting top down, in the round, no seams etc. and I completely freaked...

Mexico: Love, Life and Death in Paradise

Villa Amor – all said.     Mexicans worship their Los Muertos – The Dead. They are present in...
Culture, Kids, Music
German Pop and Gender Issues
Craft, Kids
Icelandic Sweater Knitting Pattern or my first Lopapeysa Pattern
Berlin, Food
Put Your Ajvar in the Jar with Samovino and Wild & Root
Craft
Top Down Raglan Knitting Pattern
Culture
Mexico: Love, Life and Death in Paradise
Culture, Food

Kristina´s Proja Recipe

“Is there a genuine Serbian dish?” people usually ask me “How about the Serbian Cuisine, what do you eat down there?”. “We are in the Balkans” I answer “every time I cross the Slovenian border, I feel the breeze of Turkey….

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Culture, Food

Heirs and Nomads

We, modern nomads, economic refugees, chameleons without land and heritage, yet with skills and knowledge – we belong everywhere and nowhere. Ever since I was a young young girl, I knew my destiny will be carved in a Latin wisdom: omnia mea…

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Craft, Kids

Quick & Easy DIY: Child´s Beanie

My daughter loses at least one valuable thing per month, then she cries crocodile tears. In winter this is usually a beanie. God knows how many of her beanies are living a second life in the hands of other people…

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Food

Vegan Pizza Recipe

Scroll down for vegan pizza recipe. “You know what, babes, I won´t eat any meat anymore” said my b-friend some months ago. “Ah, ok” I answered, continuing to do what I´ve been doing until this shocking announcement. This is not to…

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Culture, Music

How much does love cost

This short contemplation is inspired by CocoRosie´s Lyla. Thanks girls! Now and then my partner and I get invited to nice dining places, private clubs, backyards and homes where people sip champagne and munch little canapés. I put my social game face…

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People

Grit and Brains or my 10 rules to live by

What does one need for success? Money, strings, privilege? The question surrounds me in abundance. I am working on an essay about why some ideas succeed and others fail; I am visiting a dozen of leadership and management executive courses where…

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